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ID: 157542

Title: Whitethorn Woods

Author: Maeve Binchy

Narrator: Jenny Sterlin

Format: Abridged

Length: 6:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-06-07

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General, Contemporary Women

Summary:

“WHITETHORN WOODS is Binchy’s best read in a decade . . . Few contemporary novelists match Binchy’s gift for giving us the world through her characters’ eyes.”

–The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Maeve Binchy once again brings us an enchanting book full of the wit, warmth, and wisdom that have made her one of the most beloved and widely read writers at work today.

When a new highway threatens to bypass the town of Rossmore and cut through Whitethorn Woods, everyone has a passionate opinion about whether the town will benefit or suffer. But young Father Flynn is most concerned with the fate of St. Ann’s Well, which is set at the edge of the woods and slated for destruction. People have been coming to St. Ann’s for generations to share their dreams and fears, and to speak their prayers. Some believe it to be a place of true spiritual power, demanding protection; others think it’s a mere magnet for superstitions, easily sacrificed.

Not knowing which faction to favor, Father Flynn listens to all those caught up in the conflict, and these are the voices we hear in the stories of Whitethorn Woods–men and women deciding between the traditions of the past and the promises of the future, ordinary people brought vividly to life by Binchy’s generosity and empathy, and in the vivacity and surprise of her storytelling.

Maeve Binchy is at the very top of her form in this irresistible tale.

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ID: 204656

Title: Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way

Author: Walter Jon Williams

Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Format: Abridged

Length: 6:18:00

Language: English

Release date: 02-20-07

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Space Opera

Summary:

The time of reckoning is close at hand. Events in the New York Times bestselling Star Wars The New Jedi Order series take a decisive turn, as the heroes of the New Republic prepare for their most volatile clash yet with the enemy—from without and within.

In the war against the ruthless Yuuzhan Vong, the fall of Coruscant leaves the New Republic divided by internal strife, and on the verge of bowing to conquest. But those who steadfastly refuse to consider surrender—Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa Solo, and their children and comrades-in-arms—are determined to seize victory against overwhelming odds. And now, finally, there are signs that the tide may be turning in the New Republic’s favor.

After capturing crucial Yuuzhan Vong intelligence, Jedi fighter-pilot Jaina Solo prepares to lead a daring surprise strike against an enemy flagship. Meanwhile, Jaina’s brother Jacen—liberated from the hands of the enemy and newly schooled in an even greater mastery of the Force by the Jedi Knight Vergere—is eagerly poised to bring his unique skills to bear against the invaders. And on Mon Calamari, the New Republic’s provisional capital, the retired, ailing hero Admiral Ackbar has conceived a major tactical plan that could spell the beginning of a swift end for the Yuuzhan Vong.

Yet even as opposing squadrons face off in the depths of space, intrigue runs rampant: in the heated political race for Chief of State . . . in the shadows where Yuuzhan Vong spies plot assassinations . . . and in the inscrutable creature Vergere, a Jedi Knight whose allegiance is impossible to predict. And as Luke Skywalker sets about reestablishing the Jedi Council, the growing faction opposed to the ways of the Force unveil a terrifying weapon designed to annihilate the Yuuzhan Vong species. But in doing so, they may be dooming the New Republic to becoming the very thing it has sworn to fight against—and unleashing the power of the dark side.

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ID: 289711

Title: Lions at Lunchtime

Author: Mary Pope Osborne

Narrator: Mary Pope Osborne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:40:42

Language: English

Release date: 01-23-07

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, General, Animals & Nature

Summary:

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system!

'Where are the lions?' Jack wonders when the Magic Tree House whisks him and his sister to the vast plains of Africa. Before he can find out, Annie starts to help hundreds of wildebeests cross a rushing river. Next they follow a honey of a bird and meet an awesome Masai warrior. Jack hopes any lions will just stay away. Jack is about to be very disappointed…

Did you know that there’s a Magic Tree House book for every kid?

Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books

Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader

Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure

Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures

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ID: 157597

Title: Cupid

Author: Julius Lester

Narrator: Stephen McKinley Henderson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:43:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-23-07

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Teen, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

When Cupid takes aim–duck!

Cupid is the god of love and a tireless maker of mischief. When he breaks out his bow and quiver, nobody’s safe. Sleepless nights, embarrassing poetry, nausea . . . What could be more fun? Only, perhaps, seeing the god of love humbled with a little heartache of his own.

With healthy doses of wit and wisdom, Julius Lester’s disarming narrator leads us through the tale of Cupid and Psyche–and helps us navigate our own treacherous passions.

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ID: 256630

Title: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe: A Novel

Author: Fannie Flagg

Narrator: Fannie Flagg

Format: Abridged

Length: 2:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-05-06

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women, Sagas

Summary:

Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is the

now-classic story of two women in the 1980s; of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to

Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women--of the

irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth--who back in the thirties ran a little place in

Whistle Stop, Alabama, a Southern kind of Cafe Wobegon offering good barbecue and good coffee and all kinds of love and laughter, even an occasional murder. And as the past unfolds, the present--for Evelyn and for us--will never be quite the same again...

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ID: 284692

Title: Samurai Shortstop

Author: Alan Gratz

Narrator: Arthur Morey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:21:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-14-06

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Teen, General, Historical, Tough Topics

Summary:

Tokyo, 1890. High school can be brutal, even in turn-of-the-century Japan.

From his first day at boarding school, Toyo Shimada sees how upperclassmen make a sport out of terrorizing the first-years. Still, he’s taken aback when the seniors keep him from trying out for the baseball team–especially after he sees their current shortstop. Toyo isn’t afraid to prove himself; He’s more troubled by his uncle’s recent suicide. Although Uncle Koji’s defiant death was supposedly heroic, it has made Toyo question many things about his family’s samurai background. And worse, Toyo fears that his father may be next.

It all has something to do with –the way of the warrior–but Toyo doesn’t understand even after his father agrees to teach it to him. As the gulf between them grows wider, Toyo searches desperately for a way to prove there is a place for his family’s samurai values in modern Japan. Baseball might just be the answer, but will his father ever accept a “Western” game that stands for everything he despises?

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ID: 42990

Title: Garden of Eden

Author: Ernest Hemingway

Narrator: Patrick Wilson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:26:10

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-06

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Classics, LGBTQ+

Summary:

The last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, published posthumously in 1986, charts the life of a young American writer and his glamorous wife who fall for the same woman.

A sensational bestseller when it appeared in 1986, The Garden of Eden is the last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, which he worked on intermittently from 1946 until his death in 1961. Set on the Côte d'Azur in the 1920s, it is the story of a young American writer, David Bourne, his glamorous wife, Catherine, and the dangerous, erotic game they play when they fall in love with the same woman. 'A lean, sensuous narrative...taut, chic, and strangely contemporary,' The Garden of Eden represents vintage Hemingway, the master 'doing what nobody did better' (R. Z. Sheppard, Time).

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ID: 284704

Title: Little Golden Treasury: Scuffy the Tugboat, The Poky Little Puppy, Tawny Scrawny Lion, The Saggy Baggy Elephant

Author: Gertrude Crampton, Janette Sebring Lowrey, Kathryn Jackson

Narrator: Skip Hinnant, Susan Gregory

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:35:19

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-06

Publisher: Imagination Studio

Genres: Kids, General, Animals & Nature

Summary:

The Poky Little Puppy, by Janette Sebring Lowrey. Read by Susan Gregory

A poky little puppy loves to dig holes under the fence despite what his family says. But the poky little puppy digs one hole too many and ends up missing dessert

Scuffy the Tugboat, by Gertrude Crampton. Read by Skip Hinnant

Meant for “bigger things,” Scuffy the Tugboat sets off on a daring adventure to explore the world but realizes that home is where he’d rather be, sailing in his bathtub.

Tawny Scrawny Lion, by Kathryn Jackson. Read by Skip Hinnant

Once there was a tawny scrawny lion that was always hungry, until he met 10 little rabbits who taught him how to eat carrot stew–instead of them!

The Saggy Baggy Elephant, by K. and B. Jackson. Read by Susan Gregory

After a parrot makes fun of Sooki’s big ears, long nose, and wrinkled skin, the “saggy baggy” elephant isn’t too sure of himself–until he meets some beautiful creatures that look and dance just like him.

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ID: 284676

Title: Overcoming Life's Disappointments

Author: Harold S. Kushner

Narrator: Harold S. Kushner

Format: Abridged

Length: 4:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-06

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Naturopathy & New Age, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

From Harold S. Kushner, the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, an audiobook that shows us how to be our best selves even when things don't turn out as we had hoped--that is, how we can overcome life's disappointments.

Kushner turns to the experience of Moses to find the requisite lessons of strength and faith. Moses towers over all others in the Old Testament: he is the man on the mountaintop to whom God speaks with unparalleled intimacy, and he leads his people out of bondage. But he is also deeply human, someone whose soaring triumphs are offset by frustration and longing: his people ignore his teachings, he is denied entrance to the Promised Land, his family suffers. But he overcomes.

Through the example of Moses' remarkable resilience, we learn how to weather the disillusionment of dreams unfulfilled, the pain of a lost job or promotion, a child's failures, divorce or abandonment, and illness. We learn how to meet all disappointments with faith in ourselves and the future, and how to respond to heartbreak with understanding rather than bitterness and despair.

This is an audiobook of spiritual wisdom--as practical as it is inspiring.

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ID: 284687

Title: Wrong Hands

Author: Nigel Richardson

Narrator: Euan Morton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:06:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-08-06

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Teen, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

Fourteen-year-old Graham Sinclair was born with huge, strange hands. He was also born with a secret. The only time he ever told someone his secret, it got him into big trouble. So he won’t be telling anyone ever again—or so he thinks. In this suspenseful and magical debut novel, Graham finds his life suddenly, thrillingly complicated—and his secret harder and harder to conceal.

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